yipee,finished my car

juss maybe goner change the discs to some black diamond combis,,

anyone had/got em?wot they like?on standard calipers?

and also adjustable lower arms ,to pull my toe in more!

so today after the pishing rain ,i refitted the side skirts,and location strips,
and she looks nice.its nearly winter ,and im putting my car on the road ,as i said,gonna spray with ACF-50,anti corrosion for aircraft,on the underside,and under the bonnet!

fook ,they always rust anyway,and im respraying her next year.

 

gonna re-bleed rear brakes.

 

juss got black diamond discs and predator pads,havent even used the new standard ones yet,but i know theyll warp by the time i get to the mot station,which is a mile away

 

well for now at least,shes done!




and agaaain pleeeze



and this is all for now





all i need is ,my black diamond discs and pads fitted,maybe some adjustable tca's,and lambo doors,and resprayed next year!

does it ever stop?

 

 

CHOCOLATE EGGS!

dont sound nice does it,

unless its easter!

 

just received my pillar pod from a genuine guy from pashford,andy cheers again mate

 

soon to be fitted.

 

next some bits need doing,

air leak, raise the front end or buy adj tcas.

 

i have spax shocks,and the bump stops are naff now so ive bought some spax polys instead,

ford ones Ł15each pluss vat,i got my spax today for that a pair

 

new servo for the brakes on its way.

 

fitted,NIGHTMARE PIN

 

fitted my drilled and grooved discs and predator pads

 

 

ordered adj tcas

 

update time,


brakes fitted and adjustable tcas from mef,

painted and fitted, bang on!

got me some gauges too, , need to fit them, been playing around with a polisher, and getting not bad results with the old finish on the car,

really needs a new drivers door and a total spray job too, but thatll be a while as ,ive spent my qouta for now on this one!

more pics soon!

 

nother update,

been busy ,but fitted boost gauge,trying to sort my sound system,fixed the daft pedals that were fitted,

set up my tcas,from mef motorsport,

4 new tyres(205,50,15s)

speedo snapped,trying to bed in the brakes as much as poss,before mot,

fitted that(twatty pin) again

just ordered new modulator belts,bastardos!

for mot,

and now i need a new cat 1 alarm/imob,to satisfy my insurers,as mine came with no duc of fitment. swell

looking good tho.

 

update time,,,,,

rite, fitted my toad alarm/imob,

sent my cert away(photocopy of course),

fitted the abs belts(Ł24),and adjusted the modulators,

working fine,

changed my rear wishbones for the original items from the car as the ,apportional valve linkage was pre-set for that car ,and hadnt changed ,were as when fitting the new ones they were not set correctly,hence the rear offside locking in an emergency stop cenario, sorted now,

speedo cable snapped(Ł20),new one fitted?

had mot today failure sheet and its interpratation to follow,

but first, my fith gear has gone west! previous owner says it was a new box and clutch prior to its laying up,and i have the receipts for them,

but have never driven far enough to use all the gears,hence my dismay when travelling to the station today at not finding fith gear

,now ,it still has an lsd,and goes into the gate,but it just revs like neutral,with no rattles or crunches,wots the score?

failure sheet,

rear rust by suspension =10p size holes times two id missed

rear seat wells rust within susp region,= two sides of thin welds rusted away

rust near sill by seat belt mount= tiny hole id ignored

both wheels foul the liners on full lock(slightly )= take the liners off for test.

both the steering arm nuts on the balljoints are not locking type= fit split pin type nuts and pins or nylock nuts.

everything else was fine.

 

cut out the weld plates ready for the weekends welding sesh,went to ford garage and the tester GAVE me the split pins and locking nuts for my steering arm,

emailed the gearboxman to shed some light on the plight for the missing gear ordeal,awaiting his kind reply.

 

result,the gearboxman came up trumps,the prob is sorted,the arm was not selecting fifth mechanism,due to it bathing at the bottom of the box.

made my welding shapes for my weekend job,got split pins and locknuts for my steering arms,

got my fifth gear back

just need to weld the bits up and remove my liners for the mot,and rebook my re-test.

 

update time,

took it in with the liners off, he seen one of the square liner location holes ,and stuck a screwy in it ,rust! and found a five pence size hole under the seam 10cm from that,and told me to fix and return,

i was well pissed off!
but he didnt charge

took it back next day,and BINGO! passed,


but guess wot?

on the way home,there was a rbbing sound,then it gradually got worse to the point of stopping 10 doors away from my house ,the bleeding front wheel bearing packed in!

prob because its been sat for soooooo long,

anyways after loads of worrys about a dodgy gearbox,(thanks gearbox man for your help) its fixed after getting a bearing kit and fitting it last night!

now i think the other sides on its way too,so ive just got another for that,and ill get two rears at the weekend while im at it.in for a penny and all that sheit!

its insured,new alarm,taxed and mot,d. finally.

 

Wow ur having sum bother with ur rs, where do u live.....??

 

its done for now,,

also fitted front mount intercooler,with twin fans,but i havent cut the bumper ,

which also meant removing my spots,damm!

shes nice!


apart from the return of the water in the passenger footwell, strip time soon me thinks.

 

had a small fueling glitch,which turned into a long story,so ill skip the ,new plugs,leads details,it was a bad conection to the pump,fixed and flying like never before.

 

wow, not been on for ages,

been playing with bikes and my turbs,

which is now getting a new powerfull clutch,new cable,steering rack ,track rod ends,lightened flywheel,new cv boots too, and a chasis tidy up prior to its service and mot, but

shes great.

ive also got a massive twin fan front mount intercooler,and other bits too,

cool/ akito-man.

 

Mate, get this put in resto section.

 

the problem here is voltage variation check earths

 

the cars sorted now mate,

am puttin a stronger clutch in ,new cv boots and a tidy up underneath.

 

clutch in ,lightened flywheel in, ,been busy with christmas,and cak weather, so ,took my time,

the clutch cable was a bas!,it kept creepin under the soundproofin in the footwell, whilst trying to get it over the pawl, NIGHTMARE!
and could i get ma fingers in, cud i kook!

finally got it,with cut fingers,

nearly burnt the car that time,tellin yeah!

lots of crappy bits still to do before mot,

wont be long tho!

 

boom,thats me back here,been a very long time!